The Full Week (And That's Why Taiwan Loves Me)

So this has truly been a very busy week. I have officially been here for over a full week. But to quote Dylan it does feel as if I have been here longer. It's like the complex conjugate of the rule time flies when your having fun. Oh and by the way to see what Dylan Byrd has been up to check out his blog at tangdetaiwan.blogspot.com. Now that my public service message for the day is over lets get to the fun stuff.
One of the first things I did this week was go to a bowling alley with Dylan and a bunch of young people from my hall. I didn't know how to communicate with any of them besides doing over exaggerated pan amines but we had so much fun. We played a few games then hit the arcade (which was massive and free). Me and Dylan played an interactive pogo stick game that was boarder line inappropriate and of course got caught on video by two of the sisters. Someone will play. I also played many intense hours of Mario Cart and got made fun of for my 'evil laugh' (I swear Asian people can be so immature). There was a couple rounds of Dance Dance and a couple trips and also one really awfully played game of pool. But seriously it was a lot of fun. And now I know that Asian people love me. Not in a weird romantic way mind you, but in the same way the the Germans love David Hasslehoff. I'm the Hoff of Taiwan.

Playing an intense game of Asian table hockey. 

As you may or may not know (depending if you suffered through my last blog post or not) I had to clean up a lot of black moldy looking junk in both of our bathrooms. Some might say, "It's fine it was probably just mildew," but I, personally like my health so I don't suffer what ifs. But the rest of the week was pretty fun. I finally got to go to a meeting. It was really fun going there and meeting all the people I had just seen at a distance this whole time. And oddly enough I was announced as a new member of the congregation. It was a big honor to get announced when I'm just some straggly new comer. And - true to form - I was getting a drink in the back when they announced me. Dylan said they all kind of looked back at were I was supposed to be and he just kind of motioned to my empty seat and they all laughed. This may sound hysterical to you but I might as well have saw it coming. When I was first announced as a publisher I was sick at home and missed the announcement. When was baptised I was using the bathroom when they announced me and I missed the announcement. When I became a regular pioneer I ran into an old friend in the backroom and I missed the announcement. This has been an ongoing thing. It's almost like I

am cursed my statistics. So when I missed this announcement I merly had to just add another notch to the tally of missed announcements. In my defense it was ridiculously hot in that room and I really was thirsty. If you have just laughed at that excuse just try and go to a new hall that is completely in Chinese, spend the first half struggling to make up a comment that doesn't sound like complete trash, all the while sweating in your meeting clothes and just try not to feel a little parched but the time the first song comes around.
To make that first meeting totally amazing I got handed a talk slip. I haven't even been hear for a month and I could be staying as few as three but I got a talk slip none the less.

That's me. Mo Feng.

So that meeting rocked. Afterwards I met this brother from Spain that had been living somewhere (God knows where) in Asia. He was really cool because he was the most stereotypical Spanish guy you could possibly imagine. And I told him so. He said that he knows and when you move to other countries you slowly change over time. So for example if you are from Spain, when you are in Spain you inherit that culture and it is no big deal since you are in Spain. But you come to Taiwan and now people expect you to act like a Spanish guy. So you just find yourself being the total stereotype against your will. He was telling us this while we were eating a delicious shaved ice dessert and he was flirting with the waitress in Chinese (dirty Spaniards).

That is the Spanish guy Santiago to the left and Nikolai from the Netherlands to the right. 

An amazing strawberry shaved ice dessert.

Santiago again with my other roommate Harry on the left.

Santiago was with his two friends David (also from Spain) and David's wife Sarah (from both the Netherlands and Australia). Sarah chastised Santiago for being too Spanish at the dinner table and he had to help her understand that that was just the way all Spaniards talked to girls. David agreed. That was a really fun night and it ended sometime around 12:00 am.

Saturday  I went out in service for a full day. Someone told me that I could meet the group at the hall around 8:00 am for early mourning service so I thought I'd give it a try. But no one was there. Dylan thought that was strange because he too thought that it was supposed to be at the hall. It turns out I was duped. It was instead at some park 15 minutes away. This wasn't a total loss though because I got in contact with an old bible study via email and got to start my time. The mourning was really fun and in the afternoon I found a place that sold (hold your breath) Chimay beer!

Prayer. Answered.

For those of you who have not tried this magnificent beer I truly pity you. You don't know how good it is to finally drink a good beer after having so much crap. I just about cried when I drank it. The thing is thought I found Chimay red and yellow label but not Chimay Blue Label (which is world renowned as one of the best beers brewed world wide). But just today I was informed that there is a store that sells Chimay Blue Label and several other international beers in pints for a very good price. I trust this brother who told me this because he served in Germany as a missionary. Today I was a bit tired from yesterday but I went to an awesome Korean style restaurant. Here are some pictures of the food.

All of us devouring a nine dish meal.

The sisters can eat.

I sat with a brother from Wisconsin and a bunch of sisters from Korean, Japan, and Taiwan. Dylan had to sit with himself and one other brother. He was sad. Also the Korean sisters are now in love with Minsu (somewhere Minsu winks). 

Taiwan has not disappointed yet. It is really beautiful and all the friends are really nice. I am about to go play soccer with a big group but before I go I will share a nice picture of Taiwan. See you later. Same Bat-Time, same Bat-Place.